Re: Ken lived into his 90sdomiobrienFebruary 25 2024, 12:26:26 UTC
It is amazing how going through the papers and documents and pictures my father saved brings back memories, though I am often also struck by what he didn't choose to save. Sometimes I see something that then sends me internet searching. I had no idea how educated Richard Davis, the Vermont farmer Mom's friend from nursing school married, was-- or that once she got engaged to Richard she never actually bothered taking the nursing exam-- so after those years of study and clinical internships-- she was never actually a registered nurse. Corey Schou, my friend from Limestone, son of family friend Col. Andy and Ruth, popped up again on Facebook. (Now retired professor. ) It's interesting the things we do know, or not, from the past and how things fit together-- or stick out. Chris O'Brien Mellis has very different perspectives on family members and events than I do. And none of them understood why you and I weren't at our grandmother O'Brien's funeral-- and was surprised when I told her that had come up not that long ago, and we really
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Other kidsfairlyobscureFebruary 26 2024, 20:27:58 UTC
According to Anita, Reggie had siblings. They aren't listed among the predeceased. Maybe no one left knew their names. Anita said Reggie's dad would drive all the neighborhood kids to school, a long with his own. Reggie was too young for school. There was a car crash on the way to school and Reggie's dad and sibs died. Don't know if the other kids were killed or injured, but Anita said the other parents sued Mary and left she and Reggie poor. She said the whole thing, accident and money left Reggie kinda messed up in the head.
When Karen and family visited Nashua, around Halloween, one year, Anita made roast beef because she said Reggie would take offense if served hamburgers or chicken. Apparently, all the other relatives did the same. When Karen, who liked to be called Andi, and I went for a walk, she sighed and said,"i sure am tired of roast beef"
Helen's husband was Jewish, which particularly got to him when the Irish didn't step up, but this guy did. Yeah, he actually worked as an apprentice instrument maker before Dec 7. Unions usually offer employers a 6-8 week grace period on new employees, so they are easy to fire if they aren't working out. Union dues come out of the paycheck after the probationary period.
NH state employees are probationary for a year after hire and after promotion to a higher level position; NH public school teachers are probationary for their first 5 years. People can join anytime; dues start after you join. At less than 1.4% of pay I've always the benefits very worth it. I was always union, on the council, been a steward, a chapter officer, political education committee, benevolence committee. I've worked on certification drives and watched people try to decertify. Unfortunately, the union has to represent everyone in a unionized workplace, even the non-members, who get the same pay-- in union circles they are called "free riders". A lot of employers hate free riders, because so many entrepreneurs can up through union apprenticeship programs before starting businesses and love unions. It has been illegal since 1947 (Taft-Hartley) to have a closed shop. The most unionized occupations are public school teacher (currently about 37%) and commercial construction (about 29%) but even with recent increases in union
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Olden times rules differed, so we can't assume things stay the same. 1973, I took a job. No one mentioned a union. After 8 weeks union dues started coming out of my pay. No one asked. Given that they kept scheduling me for when I needed to be in school and the place was a long way to another town, it seemed like a good time to quit. I was surprised in my early 50s. I ordered a TALL coffee at McDonalds. The cashier thought I said small and I found I had been charged for, and given a senior coffee. I wasn't aware I was a senior before that I thought seniors were 65+ Who knew? Now I get 4 senior coffees at McDonald's with a grey tray to hold them. $2 for all 4 plus tax. It's not bad coffee.
Re: HistorydomiobrienFebruary 25 2024, 19:55:39 UTC
Knowing about Taft-Hartley, I might have called the NLRB if they'd taken out union dues and I hadn't the card. But if they weren't giving you the schedule you wanted, quitting seems reasonable. I regularly got carded when asking for senior discount until I started getting my mother's marionette lines in my face (her mother had them too) and a lot of silver-white showing in my hair. Of course, so many of the young workers today think anyone over 50 is ancient... I can't think when I last set foot in a McD's. And I probably have cup of coffee once every 6 weeks or so, and not out anywhere. Ragnar's lady Nicole is from Brooklyn and very Italian, so she likes coffee, strong and black. I'm more of a tea drinker, and unless the place I am is Irish or English oriented/run, they don't seem to brew tea properly. I'm in NH; most people run on Dunkin's-- what used to be Dunkin' Donuts, which is everywhere. This is a small community and we must have 3 or 4 of them.
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Anita said Reggie's dad would drive all the neighborhood kids to school, a long with his own. Reggie was too young for school. There was a car crash on the way to school and Reggie's dad and sibs died. Don't know if the other kids were killed or injured, but Anita said the other parents sued Mary and left she and Reggie poor. She said the whole thing, accident and money left Reggie kinda messed up in the head.
When Karen and family visited Nashua, around Halloween, one year, Anita made roast beef because she said Reggie would take offense if served hamburgers or chicken. Apparently, all the other relatives did the same.
When Karen, who liked to be called Andi, and I went for a walk, she sighed and said,"i sure am tired of roast beef"
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Yeah, he actually worked as an apprentice instrument maker before Dec 7.
Unions usually offer employers a 6-8 week grace period on new employees, so they are easy to fire if they aren't working out. Union dues come out of the paycheck after the probationary period.
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1973, I took a job. No one mentioned a union. After 8 weeks union dues started coming out of my pay. No one asked. Given that they kept scheduling me for when I needed to be in school and the place was a long way to another town, it seemed like a good time to quit.
I was surprised in my early 50s. I ordered a TALL coffee at McDonalds. The cashier thought I said small and I found I had been charged for, and given a senior coffee.
I wasn't aware I was a senior before that I thought seniors were 65+
Who knew?
Now I get 4 senior coffees at McDonald's with a grey tray to hold them. $2 for all 4 plus tax.
It's not bad coffee.
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Still like bluegrass music.
Yeah, food was cheap, but Nollaig had an appetite the half-cooked bacon she preferred grossed me out.
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